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SHELLEY by CHARLES SIMIC

Poet Analysis

First Line: POET OF THE DEAD LEAVES DRIVEN LIKE GHOSTS
Last Line: Afraid of my small windowless room / cold as a tomb of an infant emperor
Subject(s): POETRY & POETS; SHELLEY, PERCY BYSSHE (1792-1822);

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